and rescuers quickly respond, including one of the most famous surfers out there in the land, garrett mcnamara hopped aboard this yellow boat and began bailing water out of it. once they were able to right the boat, all the photography equipment landed, everything, down into the water. that's the worst thing, then it is a good story, because people's lives in the boat and everything, way more important. >> it is incredible video shot by the go big project. rocky romano witnessed it. what were you doing out there to capture this awesome footage? >> we were filming for our new project called lift off. it features one of the world's best wing suit pilots and professional big wave surfers and they're attempting to switch sports. we were able to capture it all and then able to lend a hand. we're the white and blue boat you see helping out. >> what was going through your head? did you think these people were going to make it? >> i knew there was professionals on team. for a situation like this, if there was nobody there, it could have been a big, big problem. but having those professionals there, ha

. >> a professional surfer and ocean explorer, garrett mcnamara, tackles the biggest and baddest waves the ocean has to offer. and it's the promise of a whopper that brings him, girlfriend nicole, and a video crew to the coast of portugal in november 2011. what was once a completely individual sport has evolved over time. toe surfing, where one person on a jet ski pulls another on a surfboard, allows surfers to catch waves that were once out of reach. they were just too far out to paddle to. simply put, this raises the stakes and the danger level. >> surfing is such a -- i don't know, for lack of a better word, maybe a selfish sport. it's us, our surfboard, catching our wave, not wanting anybody else on our wave. with toe surfing, now you have a partner. so there's that relationship. and that all plays on every given moment. >> on this day, garrett is the designated tower. his friends, al and andrew, catch the majority of the waves. while garrett never even intends to get on his board. >> they wanted to surf the left in front the rocks. and i didn't really want anything to do with that